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HiI'm planning a shot in which a tree will grow very quickly. From nothing, the tree will grow up to full size (about 12 inch at the scale I'm working) in 3 or 4 seconds.Does anyone have any ideas on…Continue

HiI'm really keen to get hold of some Puppet putty and try it out - videos on youtube etc look interesting. Does anyone know of anywhere that sells it in the UK? Also if anyone has actually used it…Continue

HiI'm making some puppet heads which are made of polystyrene with a layer of latex over the top. I'm going to make a set of replacement mouth which will be fairly basic sausage shape - basically like…Continue

HiI'm trying to make a rope that a puppet will hold and swing around like a lasoo, so I need to make something that is rigid and bendable in order to animate it. My thinking so far has been that…Continue

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"Might be worth considering using a 3d pen to create the tree. There are some YouTube videos showing trees being made this way. But it wouldn't really show it growing, as the trunk would remain the same height, unless you pushed it up from the…"

"Thanks for your reply Nick. I'd also been thinking I might need to break it down into multiple shots and perhaps use different techniques between shots. I like your idea of showing a shadow of branches as they grow.
I suspect I might need…"

"I did the trick with the hole in the set floor, and pulling a shrub down through the hole. Near the start of Turtle World at 0:39: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBA_vbwVxRM (Could have looked better if it was smoother.)…"

HiI'm planning a shot in which a tree will grow very quickly. From nothing, the tree will grow up to full size (about 12 inch at the scale I'm working) in 3 or 4 seconds.Does anyone have any ideas on what materials I could use to make the tree? So far I've got 2 ideas - which I haven't tested yet,idea 1 - make a series of replacement trees of different sizesidea 2 - make a tree at the full size out of wire with some other material over the wire and position it over a hole in the set, then…See More

"I have used it for one short animation and really liked it. It's not sticky and the color doesn't come off onto your hands. I made the character without an armature inside and it was able to hold shape well. It is much…"

HiI'm really keen to get hold of some Puppet putty and try it out - videos on youtube etc look interesting. Does anyone know of anywhere that sells it in the UK? Also if anyone has actually used it I'd be interested to hear what you think of itThanksJoeSee More

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